Electrical stimulation of primary neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes using pacemakers

BioTechniques

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-67

  Martherus, Ruben S R M ^a,b   Zeijlemaker, Volkert A ^c   Ayoubi, Torik A Y ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiomyocyte; Cell culture; Electrical stimulation; Heart

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; RAT; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LEWIS RAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 77449152653     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113308     Document Type: Article

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